Paper Info
Title
Using Mobile Technology to Bring Families Together: The Design of a Family History Concept to Motivate Face-to-Face Communication
Abstract
Increased use of digital technology, such as social media or individual entertainment systems, may lead to less face-to-face communication between family members. This paper presents a two-phase design research study on a novel use of technology that could help reconnect co-located family members. The authors present the design qualities for a domestic technology that can increase the level of social interaction within a family. These design qualities provide a guideline for the second phase, in which a novel system concept, FAMEX, is designed to support discussion about family experiences. FAMEX is based on the concept of family history, and involves the creation, finding, and discussion of family memories, which are represented as virtual notes around the home. The design emphasizes ludic values in the form of playful stimulants to face-to-face discussion. Mobile devices, together with augmented reality and embodied interaction, are utilized within the home context: this combination has the potential to raise curiosity and interest, and therefore, encourage ongoing use of the system. In an iterative user study, with prototypes of various fidelities, the participants rejected the features of formal game play, but gave positive feedback to the main features of FAMEX.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.4018/jmhci.2012040101
IJMHCI
Keywords
Field
DocType
design quality,family experience,two-phase design research study,digital technology,motivate face-to-face communication,face-to-face discussion,bring families,family memory,mobile technology,co-located family member,family history concept,family history,family member,domestic technology,mobile devices,human computer interaction,user centered design,augmented reality
Mobile technology,Domestic technology,Curiosity,Social media,Computer science,Augmented reality,Human–computer interaction,Design research,Multimedia,Face-to-face interaction,User-centered design
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
4
2
1942-390X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
28
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Pradthana Jarusriboonchai14210.13
Kaisa Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila288263.44